Retouch4me vs Topaz Labs (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Retouch4me if

• Fits if you retouch portraits in Photoshop and want a plugin to do the repetitive work
• Works for studios that want a perpetual licence with local processing

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want month-to-month plans: Start, Pro and Business are billed yearly
• Watch out: unused credits are forfeited, without a refund, if you cancel
• Tight if you're staying free, with just two free plugins
• Watch out: the $20, $35 and $90 monthly prices may be the standard rate, since yearly plans carry a Limited Offer label
• Not for you if you have an older computer: the vendor recommends a powerful one for local processing

Pick Topaz Labs if

• Fits if you upscale photos or video often and want it rendered locally
• Works for studios that would use photo, video and web together on the one bundle

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you need more than one app, as each is a separate plan and the bundle is $79 a month
• Skip it if you want to try first, because there's no free plan or trial
• Watch out: cloud video credits expire every month and don't roll over
• Watch out: commercial use is limited to orgs under $1M revenue, and full commercial rights need Pro or Studio
• Watch out: the page's structured data lists Studio monthly at $69 while the visible page shows $79

Retouch4me

• Subscriptions are billed yearly on Start, Pro and Business; unused credits are forfeited without refund when a subscription is canceled.
• Perpetual plugins run locally without internet but the vendor recommends a powerful computer.
• The yearly plans carry a Limited Offer label, so the monthly-billed $20, $35 and $90 may be the standard rate.
• Generative credits are listed on each plan, but the page says generative features are still to come in Apex.

Topaz Labs

• Monthly cloud video credits expire at the end of each month and do not roll over.
• Limited commercial use covers organizations under $1M USD annual revenue; full commercial use needs Pro or Studio Pro licenses.
• Plans are per app, so using photo, video and web features together points toward the $79 Studio bundle.
• The page's structured data lists Studio monthly at $69 while the visible page shows $79.

Retouch4me

AI retouching plugins

Separate plugins cover skin, heal, dodge and burn, teeth, eyes, stray hairs, mattifying, fabric, dust and clean backdrops.

Apex all-in-one plugin

Combines the retouching tools in a single plugin with a real-time preview, billed through cloud credits.

Culling and batch processing

Arams selects best shots automatically and processes whole photoshoots in batches.

Color correction

Color Match and Lab plugins apply color filters and AI color correction, and 3D LUT tools are sold separately.

Video plugins

Heal, dodge and burn, dust and color match plugins are sold for video, listed for DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro.

Topaz Labs

Photo enhancement models

Topaz Photo lists Wonder, Standard Max, Dust & Scratch, Super Focus, Remove, Denoise, Sharpen and Upscale models.

Video upscaling

Topaz Video lists upscaling, denoising, frame interpolation, stabilization and SDR to HDR conversion models, including Starlight.

Cloud and local rendering

Desktop apps render locally without limit, while web and cloud work draw on monthly video credits that expire each month.

Topaz for Web and iPhone

Web workflows include unblur, face enhancer, background remover and colorizer, and an iOS app covers image upscaling.

Studio bundle

Topaz Studio covers Video, Photo, Gigapixel, the mobile app and Topaz for Web in one plan.

Retouch4me

• Free plugins$0

  Frequency Separation and Color Match Free, with hundreds of color filters.

• Start$14.08

  per month, billed yearly at $169 ($20 billed monthly)

  2,400 retouching credits a year, 108,000 culling credits, 20 GB of MyShot storage; 1 retouch = 1 credit.

• Pro$24.92

  per month, billed yearly at $299 ($35 billed monthly)

  6,000 retouching credits a year, 300,000 culling credits and 40 GB of MyShot storage.

• Business$63.25

  per month, billed yearly at $759 ($90 billed monthly)

  18,000 retouching credits a year, 1.2 million culling credits and 100 GB of MyShot storage.

• Photo plugins$145

  one-time, from, per perpetual license

  A collection of 15 photo plugins sold as perpetual licenses with unlimited local processing; a sale price of $94.25 is shown.

Topaz Labs

• Topaz for Web - Image$19

  per month ($199 per year billed annually)

  Unlimited cloud image rendering with the web image workflows, 32 MP export limit, limited commercial use. First year $169.

• Topaz Photo$39

  per month, cancel anytime

  Desktop photo models with unlimited local and cloud image rendering; limited commercial use.

• Topaz Video$59

  per month, cancel anytime

  Desktop video models with unlimited local rendering and 25 monthly cloud video credits.

• Topaz for Web - Pro$59

  per month ($599 per year billed annually)

  Image and video workflows, 400 monthly video credits, 256 MP export, full commercial use. First year $199.

• Topaz Studio$79

  per month, cancel anytime

  All apps, unlimited local and cloud image rendering, 300 monthly cloud video credits. Yearly $499; first year $299.

Retouch4me

• Other savings

  Perpetual plugin and video sale

  A week-long sale lists photo plugins from $94.25 (regular $145) and video plugins from $80.60 (regular $124), with a countdown on the page.

• Annual discount

  Annual plans cost 30% less than monthly

  The pricing page says paying yearly costs 30% less than monthly and credits all of the year's retouches on day one.

Topaz Labs

• Other savings

  Black Friday first-year annual prices

  A Black Friday sale shows first-year-only annual prices: Studio $299 (regular $499), Web Image $169 (regular $199) and Web Pro $199 (regular $599). No end date is shown.